"You're welcome," Joel answers with a pleased smile, glad Spencer likes what he's seeing. It had been a relatively easy gift -- although getting the ring from Spencer and keeping it from him for as long as he had hadn't been the easy part -- and he had been fairly certain from the start that his husband would like it, but it's still nice seeing that smile on his face and the tears shining in his eyes. Even if he can't give Spencer his complete attention while he's driving, being able to just glance over at him and see how happy he looks is more than enough. It's something small, but it's special, something just for the two of them, and that's really Joel's favourite kind of gift to give. No one else will even know this exists unless they choose to show them.
"Don't put it back on yet, though," he cautions, flashing a grin as he looks over at Spencer. This is his entire life, these people in the car with him. Dane is in the back seat chewing on one of his toys, and when Joel glances at him in the rear view mirror, he laughs, mostly at himself, because even the sight of his son with drool dripping down his fist is one of the best things Joel has ever seen. Even though he's been around for less than a year, it feels to Joel as if he's always been there, always part of their lives, just waiting to join them when the time was finally right. And now here he is, completing one part of their lives Joel had never even known he needed to have filled until he had met Spencer.
"You have to wait to put it back on until we get where we're going and you'll see why once we're there." Even though Spencer says he's not going to make the connection that easily, Joel knows he will. Once they're a little closer, once the scenery becomes more familiar and especially once the signs start popping up that tell them where they're going, he'll work it all out. The memories they share of Wilton are some of their best, some of the most meaningful and significant ones they have together, and going back there is going to be one big trip down memory lane, even though they hadn't gotten married all that long ago. Already Joel is thinking about what it might be like to do this every year, to make sure they find at least one weekend sometime in the spring or summer to get to Wilton and spend some time there basking in their memories of the town.
"In the meantime, eat your breakfast," Joel continues, reaching over to lay his hand on Spencer's knee, squeezing lightly. "You know it's the most important meal of the day and if we're going to make the most of this birthday, I want to make sure you're well fed and well hydrated." He's only partly teasing, too, because he knows once Dane falls asleep for the night, they're going to make the most of their time together and Joel wants to make it as memorable a birthday as the last one. Maybe there's no bouncy castle for them to enjoy intimately the way they had last year, but he's sure they can find all sorts of ways to make new memories.
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Date: 2016-03-29 03:13 pm (UTC)"Don't put it back on yet, though," he cautions, flashing a grin as he looks over at Spencer. This is his entire life, these people in the car with him. Dane is in the back seat chewing on one of his toys, and when Joel glances at him in the rear view mirror, he laughs, mostly at himself, because even the sight of his son with drool dripping down his fist is one of the best things Joel has ever seen. Even though he's been around for less than a year, it feels to Joel as if he's always been there, always part of their lives, just waiting to join them when the time was finally right. And now here he is, completing one part of their lives Joel had never even known he needed to have filled until he had met Spencer.
"You have to wait to put it back on until we get where we're going and you'll see why once we're there." Even though Spencer says he's not going to make the connection that easily, Joel knows he will. Once they're a little closer, once the scenery becomes more familiar and especially once the signs start popping up that tell them where they're going, he'll work it all out. The memories they share of Wilton are some of their best, some of the most meaningful and significant ones they have together, and going back there is going to be one big trip down memory lane, even though they hadn't gotten married all that long ago. Already Joel is thinking about what it might be like to do this every year, to make sure they find at least one weekend sometime in the spring or summer to get to Wilton and spend some time there basking in their memories of the town.
"In the meantime, eat your breakfast," Joel continues, reaching over to lay his hand on Spencer's knee, squeezing lightly. "You know it's the most important meal of the day and if we're going to make the most of this birthday, I want to make sure you're well fed and well hydrated." He's only partly teasing, too, because he knows once Dane falls asleep for the night, they're going to make the most of their time together and Joel wants to make it as memorable a birthday as the last one. Maybe there's no bouncy castle for them to enjoy intimately the way they had last year, but he's sure they can find all sorts of ways to make new memories.